Adding Email Alerts

Email Alerts quickly push out your company’s latest news and ASX Announcements to stakeholders once they’re published on your website. Here’s how to add an Email Alerts form in WordPress, using the IRM Newsroom Plugin:

This tutorial shows you how to add an Email Alerts form to your WordPress site

1. Introduction

You will create a new page and insert the necessary shortcode to display the form for your visitors.

2. Click Add Page Button

Click the Add Page button to start creating a new page in WordPress.

3. Enter Page Title

Enter the title for your new page as Email Alerts to identify it clearly.

4. Open Block Selector

Click the prompt that says Type / to choose a block to open the block selector menu.

5. Select Block Insertion Point

Click here to set the insertion point where you want to add the new block.

6. Enter HTML Block Type

Fill in html to specify that you want to add a custom HTML block to the page.

7. Confirm Block Selection

Click here to confirm the selection of the HTML block for insertion.

8. Insert Email Alerts Shortcode

Fill in [𝖾𝗆𝖺𝗂𝗅_𝖺𝗅𝖾𝗋𝗍𝗌_𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗆] to add the shortcode that will display the Email Alerts form.

9. Click Publish Button

Click Publish to make the new Email Alerts page live on your WordPress site.

10. Confirm Publish Action

Click Publish again to confirm and finalize publishing the page.

11. View Published Page

Click View Page to see the live Email Alerts form as it appears to visitors.

You have successfully added and published an Email Alerts form page in WordPress. You can now manage alerts or customize the form further as needed.

Creating a Landing Page / Thank You Page

A landing page or thank you page is where a subscriber will be directed after he/she submits the Email Alerts form. Here’s how to create one…

1. In WordPress, click “Pages,” then “Add New” on the left-side menu.

2. Put a title on the new page (e.g., Thank You).

3. Add a message to the page content (e.g., You have been subscribed to Email Alerts.). See image above.

4. Use the buttons on the right side of the page to save and publish the page.

5. View the page and copy the page address URL. See example below.

6. Paste the URL you copied into the “Email Alerts Landing Page” section of the IRM Newsroom plugin. You can find this in WordPress under “IRM Newsroom,” “Settings.”

Setting up Unsubscribe Options

To allow users to unsubscribe from your Email Alerts, you can directly link to the following page, replacing “demo” with your ticker code:

http://demo.live.irmau.com/site/Unsubscribe.aspx

Alternatively, you can add an iframe to contain this unsubscribe form on a page on your site.

Example:

<iframe style="border:0;width:100%; height:300px;" src="http://demo.live.irmau.com/site/Unsubscribe.aspx"></iframe>